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as in to weep
to shed tears often while making meaningless sounds as a sign of pain or distress
some kids started to cry even before the doctor had given them their shot
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as in to shout
to speak so as to be heard at a distance
a mother crying for help
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as in shout
a loud vocal expression of strong emotion
a cry of despair arose when the smoke of the bomb blast cleared
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as in call
a natural vocal sound made by an animal
the lonesome cry of a coyote
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as in slogan
an attention-getting word or phrase used to publicize something (as a campaign or product)
"A chance to change America" was the cry on which the candidate was hoping to win the White House
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as in plea
an earnest request
the king was deaf to their cries
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Recent Examples of cry
Harley Walls, Arkansas Online, 17 May 2025
Sara Haines and Alyssa Farah Griffin cried on the air over their pets.
—Joey Nolfi Published, EW.com, 16 May 2025
Addie Morfoot, Variety, 7 May 2025
The threat of retaliation is no joke, but the Senator’s plaintive cry does not exactly meet the demands of the moment.
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2025
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Verb
Traditionally, the upside down American flag signals distress, and that was the mood expressed as speakers shouted, cried and chanted with the crowd of around 100 people.
—Harley Walls, Arkansas Online, 17 May 2025
Sara Haines and Alyssa Farah Griffin cried on the air over their pets.
—Joey Nolfi Published, EW.com, 16 May 2025
Noun
This powerful documentary gives voice to their silent cries.
—Addie Morfoot, Variety, 7 May 2025
The threat of retaliation is no joke, but the Senator’s plaintive cry does not exactly meet the demands of the moment.
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cry
Verb
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The car went quiet, and her grandmother began to weep.—
Stephen Rodrick,
Rolling Stone,
18 May 2025
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Life outside the courtroom, however, is a bit more complicated, with Nash-Betts weeping in a hospital gown and Kardashian stabbing herself with a needle in a bathroom stall.—
Emlyn Travis Published,
EW.com,
13 May 2025
Verb
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Although the members are assigned to a specific unit, each member might sing, rap and dance in the group; their unit is their specialty.—
Nicole Fell,
HollywoodReporter,
28 May 2025
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Her father had been a high school band director before becoming associate superintendent of the Fresno school district, and her mother, an administrator at California State University, sang in the church choir.—
Charlotte Alter,
Time,
28 May 2025
Verb
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Shoppers drag pushcarts through dozens of fruit and vegetable stalls as vendors shout prices on loop, in a rhythm.—
Lily Radziemski,
New York Times,
29 May 2025
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Passengers allegedly held onto the ride’s safety bars and shouted for help as many reported feeling dizzy, dehydrated, and increasingly panicked as the minutes turned into hours.—
Moná Thomas,
People.com,
28 May 2025
Noun
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At Social Security, 40% of phone calls are reportedly from fraudsters.—
Rita Numerof,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2025
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There has been little sign of progress in securing a ceasefire, even after a more than two-hour phone call between Trump and Putin last week.—
Jackie Northam,
NPR,
26 May 2025
Noun
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Some held up signs, others wore T-shirts with profane slogans.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
17 May 2025
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Some liberal critics on social media say that Republicans did not seem to take issue when the same slogan — or even more violent rhetoric — was targeted at a Democratic president.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
16 May 2025
Noun
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Tapper believes conservatives were proven correct in their harsh and at times tactless assessments of Biden’s condition, which clearly worsened in 2023 after his son Hunter faced the possibility of a prison sentence when a plea deal on tax and gun charges fell apart.—
Stephen Battaglio,
Los Angeles Times,
20 May 2025
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Although Eleanor initially rejects Nina’s pleas for a profile, the cub reporter’s persistence pays off.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
HollywoodReporter,
20 May 2025
Noun
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Outside, Jamie had witnessed the congestion and the screams of fans, begging the police to do something about it.—
Simon Hughes,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
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Party boats and vacation resorts are just an arm’s reach away, but instead of providing hope, their music serves to drown out the screams.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
17 May 2025
Verb
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Creators posted videos of themselves sobbing onto the camera.—
Fortesa Latifi,
Rolling Stone,
21 May 2025
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Through the decades, this was the county that gave us the judge who sobbed while issuing a ruling in the Anna Nicole Smith case, the judge who was found half-naked at a judicial conference, and the judges, plural, who had faced DUI charges.—
Rafael Olmeda,
Sun Sentinel,
14 May 2025
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“Cry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cry. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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